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Do “allergies” make you a bad person?
I heard a teenager give a presentation recently about his struggles with anxiety and depression. It was very powerful and honest, and it reminded me of something I’ve been wanting to write about for a while. It’s an idea that didn’t make it into the book, but I may try to work it into the next version, because it’s incredibly helpful—and something I’ve been sharing with a lot of people lately, even my grade school children. Anyway, if you ever beat yourself up because of how you’ve reacted to something, this is for you. This might be one to share with others, too. Enjoy! P.S. Big news! The hardcover of Raise Your Inner Game is now available for FREE!* More info in the post and at davidlevin.com https://davidlevin.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/allergies.mp3   SUMMARY Powerful story of a teenager struggling with anxiety and depression. The simple shift in perspective that changed everything for him. A transformational idea for our daily mental health and happiness. Listen/read to get the full message. ENJOY THE PODCAST HOT NEWS & DEALS! 1) NEW: Raise Your Inner Game hardcover is now available for FREE!* Comes with a 6-week online training ($97 value) and a private student forum. Learn more and order your copy today at raiseyourinnergame.com! (*The book is free. You pay $7 for s/h) 2) Check out our podcast, The David Levin Show. https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-david-levin-show/id1401013964 3) NOW AVAILABLE: Limited Edition Raise Your Inner Game Medallion. Carry it in your purse or pocket. It’s an UP button for your Inner Elevator! Visit https://davidlevin.com/ryig/ to learn more and order yours. (FREE shipping!) WHAT I’M READING Finished: Kane and Abel by Jeffrey Archer. Oh boy. Started well but pretty soon I recognized his schtick. Painful from then on. Melodramatic. Simplistic. The good people are so good. The bad, so bad. Won’t make that mistake again. Up next: Might wait for Seth Godin’s new one next week - This is Marketing. Might read Kennedy for the Defense. We’ll see. [ transcript ] Hey, it’s David Levin. Author of Raise Your Inner Game, co-author QBQ, the Question Behind the Question, Founder of Raise Your Inner Game Academy. So, this might sound like a silly question, but does having hay fever make someone a bad person? No. If you’re experiencing allergy symptoms yourself — sneezing, runny nose, all that — do you feel embarrassed by that, or are you ashamed of yourself for it? Again, I assume and hope, the answer is no. Of course not. Seasonal allergies are annoying, but they have nothing to say about who we are as a person. Right? It’s just how our body reacts to certain things in the environment — pollen/dust/etc. And when the symptoms kick in, we don’t feel guilty about it. We just wipe our nose and move on. It’s nothing personal. Agree? Okay, so what I want to suggest to you is that many of the things we do that we ARE ashamed of, that we DO believe say something about who we are as a person, many of those things should be thought of in exactly the same way. They’re not about who we are, they’re just how our system reacts to certain things in our environment - our emotional and mental environment. Take me, for example. Last week I told a story about getting stuck behind a man using a walker and reacting internally like a bit of an impatient jerk. And again, I didn’t act out on it or anything. It was just some fleeting thoughts and emotions. But still, it’s not something I was proud of. It’s something I would like to be better about, and I talked about one specific idea for how to do that, which was to give myself more time between appointments. So I took the reaction seriously, I took ownership for it, and put some energy into how to improve it. And that’s what we should do. But what I DIDN’T do was beat myself up for having had the feelings in the first place. The feelings of frustration and being judgmental are ju...